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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.mybatis.generator.codegen;

/**
 * This class exists to that Java client generators can specify whether
 * an XML generator is required to match the methods in the
 * Java client.  For example, a Java client built entirely with
 * annotations does not need matching XML.
 *
 * @author Jeff Butler
 *
 */
public abstract class AbstractJavaClientGenerator extends AbstractJavaGenerator {

    private boolean requiresXMLGenerator;

    public AbstractJavaClientGenerator(boolean requiresXMLGenerator) {
        super();
        this.requiresXMLGenerator = requiresXMLGenerator;
    }

    /**
     * @return true if matching XML is required
     */
    public boolean requiresXMLGenerator() {
        return requiresXMLGenerator;
    }

    /**
     * This method returns an instance of the XML generator associated
     * with this client generator.
     *
     * @return the matched XML generator.  May return null if no
     * XML is required by this generator
     */
    public abstract AbstractXmlGenerator getMatchedXMLGenerator();
}
